Gurgaon: In a major boost to Gurgaon's depleting green cover, the forest department is planning a city forest, spread over 190 hectares, at Sikanderpur Ghosi in the Aravalis.

A bench of Justice Manmohan upheld Rule 50 of the Delhi Water and Sewer (Tariff and Metering) Regulations of 2012, which makes it mandatory for all buildings on plots of such sizes to set up rainwa

Services of MGNREGS workers to be utilised for the purpose

Indore: Sub-divisional magistrates on Wednesday conducted a check in their respective areas to see if building owners were adopting proper roof-top water recharging measures.

The Draft Ground Water Model Bill is based on the principles of subsidarity, equitable distribution in an integrated approach. The State should act as a public trustee of ground water, which should be treated as a common pool resource to make sure that groundwater is protected, conserved, regulated and managed.

Nagpur: Sudhir Raut, standing committee chairman of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), has decided to launch rainwater harvesting drive in the city.

With a majority of buildings coming up being small in size, the government has come out with a draft notification to make eco-compliance mandatory for such projects.

Hyderabad: The `Save KBR' campaign continued to gather steam in the city over the weekend, with Hyderabadis vowing to not stop until the government reviews its Strategic Road Development Project (S

Amid drought conditions and summer pangs, the State Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat has directed officers to get installed rainwater harvesting system in all Government under construc

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Depletion in Ground Water Level, 28/04/2016. Ground water is continuously being exploited due to growth in population, increased industrialization and irrigation and its use being highly inefficient, has resulted in decline of ground water levels in various parts of the Country. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR carries out ground water monitoring, four times a year, on regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country including Haryana and Punjab.

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